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Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson speaks to the media after a 2-1 loss against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. | Teren Kowatsch/Roundtable Sports
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners walked a razor-thin tightrope for most of a game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday at T-Mobile Park.
After scoring one run in the bottom of the first, and working with a piggyback situation in which starting pitcher Bryce Miller and Luis Castillo both threw multiple innings, the Mariners gave up two runs in the top of the ninth and ultimately fell 2-1 to the White Sox.
The M's fell to 23-27 on the season, fell one game behind division rivals the Texas Rangers for the final American League wild card spot and fell two games behind the Athletics for first place in the American League West.
"I thought the at-bats were good," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Tuesday. "We were putting long at-bats, we were seeing pitches. ... We just weren't able to add on. We just weren't able to get traffic and get the ball going. It's frustrating, for sure."
The Mariners' only run came with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the first. Third baseman Patrick Wisdom, in his second game with the team and first back off the injured list, hit into a fielder's choice that brought home center fielder Julio Rodriguez.
Rodriguez reached base with a single, which accounted for Seattle's only knock of the game. The Mariners drew four walks and were hit by pitches twice Tuesday.
Seattle Mariners third baseman Patrick Wisdom hits an RBI fielder's choice during a game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. | Joe Nicholson/Imagn Images
Seattle was only able to score one run in the first despite putting up 35 pitches against Chicago starting pitcher Anthony Kay and going seven hitters deep into the lineup.
The Mariners finished the game 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position and left six stranded.
Despite only scoring one run in that situation, that was enough for Seattle to go into the final inning of the game still with the advantage.
A large part of that was the stellar pitching of Miller.
The Mariners currently have six starting pitchers on the 26-man roster and have opted to offset that by going with a piggyback arrangement with Castillo and Miller.
Tuesday marked the first game Seattle tested out that experiment, with Miller getting the start. The 27-year-old struck out seven, walked one and allowed one hit in 5.2 innings pitched.
"I've felt great in both outings (since I came back from injury)," Miller said after the game. "Fastball had a little bit more ride today. ... I think (Chicago) is a little bit more home run-dependent and they'll swing-and-miss a little bit more. Just trying to attack. I had a feeling I wasn't probably going to get 100 pitches today. Try to attack and go as deep as I could."
The one hit allowed by Miller was a lead-off double to White Sox outfielder Tristan Peters in the top of the sixth.
Miller got the next two outs and, despite protest from the Texas A&M hurler, manager Dan Wilson pulled Miller and had left-handed reliever Jose A. Ferrer enter the game as the pivot man between Miller and Castillo.
Ferrer struck out Chicago first baseman Munetaka Murakami for the final out of the inning.
From the seventh inning on, it was Castillo's game. He got through the seventh and the eighth inning and struck out three but ran into trouble in the ninth that proved to be the M's' undoing.
Castillo walked Murakami to lead off the inning, hit infielder Miguel Vargas with a pitch and struck out Montgomery.
After Castillo's fourth fanned batter of the night, closer Andres Munoz came on to get the final two outs having inherited runners on first and second.
"Same preparation as always. Go out there, warm up," Castillo said in a postgame interview via interpreter Freddy Llanos. "They talked to me, they told me I'd probably be coming in somewhere around the sixth, seventh inning. So, for me, it was getting prepared, getting ready for whenever they called me."
Munoz allowed back-to-back RBI singles to infielder Chase Meidroth and designated hitter Andrew Benintendi, which resulted in the eventual final of 2-1.
Munoz struck out two batters in a row to end the inning.
In the bottom of the ninth, down one, J.P. Crawford, Luke Raley and Dominic Canzone all pinch-hit for Wisdom, Connor Joe and Mitch Garver, respectively.
Crawford, Raley and Canzone all struck out the end the game.
The Mariners will try to win the overall series in the rubber match at 1:10 p.m. PT on Wednesday.
Emerson Hancock will start for Seattle and Sean Burke will start for Chicago.
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SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners walked a razor-thin tightrope for most of a game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday at T-Mobile Park.
After scoring one run in the bottom of the first, and working with a piggyback situation in which starting pitcher Bryce Miller and Luis Castillo both threw multiple innings, the Mariners gave up two runs in the top of the ninth and ultimately fell 2-1 to the White Sox.
The M's fell to 23-27 on the season, fell one game behind division rivals the Texas Rangers for the final American League wild card spot and fell two games behind the Athletics for first place in the American League West.
"I thought the at-bats were good," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Tuesday. "We were putting long at-bats, we were seeing pitches. ... We just weren't able to add on. We just weren't able to get traffic and get the ball going. It's frustrating, for sure."
The Mariners' only run came with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the first. Third baseman Patrick Wisdom, in his second game with the team and first back off the injured list, hit into a fielder's choice that brought home center fielder Julio Rodriguez.
Rodriguez reached base with a single, which accounted for Seattle's only knock of the game. The Mariners drew four walks and were hit by pitches twice Tuesday.
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Seattle Mariners third baseman Patrick Wisdom hits an RBI fielder's choice during a game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. | Joe Nicholson/Imagn Images
Seattle was only able to score one run in the first despite putting up 35 pitches against Chicago starting pitcher Anthony Kay and going seven hitters deep into the lineup.
The Mariners finished the game 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position and left six stranded.
Despite only scoring one run in that situation, that was enough for Seattle to go into the final inning of the game still with the advantage.
A large part of that was the stellar pitching of Miller.
The Mariners currently have six starting pitchers on the 26-man roster and have opted to offset that by going with a piggyback arrangement with Castillo and Miller.
Tuesday marked the first game Seattle tested out that experiment, with Miller getting the start. The 27-year-old struck out seven, walked one and allowed one hit in 5.2 innings pitched.
"I've felt great in both outings (since I came back from injury)," Miller said after the game. "Fastball had a little bit more ride today. ... I think (Chicago) is a little bit more home run-dependent and they'll swing-and-miss a little bit more. Just trying to attack. I had a feeling I wasn't probably going to get 100 pitches today. Try to attack and go as deep as I could."
The one hit allowed by Miller was a lead-off double to White Sox outfielder Tristan Peters in the top of the sixth.
Miller got the next two outs and, despite protest from the Texas A&M hurler, manager Dan Wilson pulled Miller and had left-handed reliever Jose A. Ferrer enter the game as the pivot man between Miller and Castillo.
Ferrer struck out Chicago first baseman Munetaka Murakami for the final out of the inning.
From the seventh inning on, it was Castillo's game. He got through the seventh and the eighth inning and struck out three but ran into trouble in the ninth that proved to be the M's' undoing.
Castillo walked Murakami to lead off the inning, hit infielder Miguel Vargas with a pitch and struck out Montgomery.
After Castillo's fourth fanned batter of the night, closer Andres Munoz came on to get the final two outs having inherited runners on first and second.
"Same preparation as always. Go out there, warm up," Castillo said in a postgame interview via interpreter Freddy Llanos. "They talked to me, they told me I'd probably be coming in somewhere around the sixth, seventh inning. So, for me, it was getting prepared, getting ready for whenever they called me."
Munoz allowed back-to-back RBI singles to infielder Chase Meidroth and designated hitter Andrew Benintendi, which resulted in the eventual final of 2-1.
Munoz struck out two batters in a row to end the inning.
In the bottom of the ninth, down one, J.P. Crawford, Luke Raley and Dominic Canzone all pinch-hit for Wisdom, Connor Joe and Mitch Garver, respectively.
Crawford, Raley and Canzone all struck out the end the game.
The Mariners will try to win the overall series in the rubber match at 1:10 p.m. PT on Wednesday.
Emerson Hancock will start for Seattle and Sean Burke will start for Chicago.
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